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Google, which has drawn criticism in San Francisco for using public bus stops to pick up passengers for its private employee buses, will donate $6.8m to fund a program that offers low-income youth free rides on the city's Muni public transport system. The Free Muni for Low Income Youth program is open to youth ages 5 through …

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  1. tkioz

    "With this unprecedented gift from Google"

    Less a gift and more "oh will you SHUT UP AND GO AWAY" money I'm thinking.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Not at all...

      It's Google; they'll be tracking those kids' movements and selling them advertising based on their journeys. Quid pro quo!

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      Obligatory - flag seller versus merchant bankster

      FS: Couldn't you just give me the pound?

      MB: But I don't know what it is for.

      FS: It's for the orphans. A gift!

      MB: A gift? .... Ah, a tax dodge.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUhb0XII93I

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  2. Mark 85

    So in two years...

    The funding will be earmarked for something else as it always is in government, and they will be knocking on Google's door asking for money.

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      Tallinn

      Is it free?

      Or does every resident have to pay for it (whether they use it or not) through taxes?

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          Re: Tallinn

          If only your local bus company could get a law that everyone in a town/city had to pay them a set fee every month and in return they could get free bus rides.

          They could save so much money not having to market their services or be prone to market/weather fluctuations or even worry about competition.

          In fact other things that are deemed beneficial to everyone - free high-speed internet (everyone pays a monthly subscription to cover it), free PCs for everyone to improve education levels and knowledge (subject to a law being passed which makes everyone pay a monthly fee) .. etc..

          Just because everyone has to pay for it monthly/annually doesn't make it free.

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  4. oldhand

    So if a seven-year-old child runs away from home Google will know. Will they tell the parents ?

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    Maybe they'll have special passes containing RFC chips and will have their personal data and movements tracked from the bus pass?

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